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J. JORDANa A. P. POWERS.-

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Patented Jan.'1,l884.

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SEAL-LOCK.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,354, dated January Application rnedJuiyaisss. (Model.)

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` To all whom it may concern:

`Be it known that we, JESSE JORDAN and "ABNER P. Pownns, of Macon, in the coun]- description.

`The object of our invention is to provide a new and improved car-door seal which willV show if any attempts have been made to open y the door or tamper withthesame. i

The invention consists of a springbolt pivt oted in a casing in one door, and provided at 25 responding parts in all the figures.

the said casing. `card then drops, thus showing that the door its outer end with a knife, which knifeend is adapted to be passed into a casing in the other door or in the car-body, in which latter cas-` .ing a seal-card is held, which is cut by the knife when the spring-bolt is withdrawn from Thelower part of the seal-` has been opened, all as hereinafter fully de-` y scribed.

j Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in

`which similar letters of reference indicate cor- Fignre l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved car-door seal on the line y Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, showing the knife-bolt in the pois a cross-sectional view of the casing on the line ww, Fig. 2. Fig. A is a face view of the `seal-o1; ening.

i. y bolt, the latter being shown in the position 1t Fig. 5 isa longitudinal sectional view of the lock-casing and the knife has while entering the casing. Fig. Gis a face 1h, l view of the seal-card.

A triangular casing, A, `is countersunk on the inner surface of a door, B, of a car. In the corner of the frame a spring-bolt, a, is piv:

" otedby means'of a pintle, d, which bolt is of A pin, y, projects Fig. 3

the said inclined side. In the other door, fil/,x (or in the edge of the car-frame, if only one door is provided,) a casing, O, is fastened on the inner side which casing is provided with whereby the spring-bolt will be held up against 5o two horizontal channels, m 71;, separated by two 55 inwardly-projecting ridges, o, on the sides of i the interior of the casing C. The ends toward the edge of the door are beveled, as shown in Figs. 2, and 5. A piece of glass, g, is held a short distance in front of the ridges o, and at 6o the inner end of a bell-shaped or other aperture, h, in thefront of the car or the door.

In the inner surface of the car or door a rei cess, u, is formed, and in the top and bottom which a seal-card, F, can be passed, which is provided at one end with a head, enlargement, or wings, f. A short blade, c, is fastened on the free end of the outer surface of the pivoted spring-bolt a, parallel with the same, and .7o

a short distance above the inner end of the blade or knife c a transverse pin, e, is provided in the spring-bolt. On the seal-'card F the name of the railroad or the initials of the same, the name of the place at which the car is to be opened, and the date on which the car was sealed are stamped, printed, or `otherwise produced. The ridges o are so arranged that they extend transversely across the inner 'end of the opening h. 1

The operation is as follows: A seal-card, F, is passed through the slots f from the top to the bottom, so that the head or wings 'f rest upon the top of the casing C, and thus hold the card in place. erwise marked on the card will show behind the glass pane g. The thickness of the card F is much less than the width of the slots f', so that the card is held loosely in the slots.

.of the casing C slots f are formed, through 65 i The matter printed or oth- 8 5 The spring-bolt a is dropped to a horizontal go `position-that is, it is allowed to rest upon the bottom of the casing Af-and it then projects from the edge of the door B. If the door which is arranged to slide is closed, the end of the spring-bolt passes into the casing C, the 9 5 pin e strikes the end of the bevel of the ridges o and slides along the inner edges of the ridges, the end of the bolt a passing through the groove m, and the knife or blade c passing through the slot between the ridges. The ridges o hold the knife such a distance from the card F that it cannot cut the said card. After the cross-pin e has passed the inner ends of the ridges o-that is, the end farthest from the edge of the doorthe spring of the-bolt a snaps the lknife end of the bolt toward the outer side of the door, so that the cross-pin e will be in front of the ridges o. The car-door is then sealed. If the car-door be opened, the bolt a will be drawn out of the casing O in the direction of the arrow a, the cross-piece e being infront of the ridges o, which press the knife or blade c against the card F, so that the knife or cutter will sever the same in passing.

, As the card F is thinner than the width of the slOtSf, the lower part of the card, which has been severed from the upper part of the card, drops, and thus a person looking at the opening h can immediately sec if the car-door has been opened and the seal broken. The head or wings j' of the card F hold the upper part in place and prevent it from dropping.

The above-described seal cannot be broken without opening the door, and the door cannot be opened without breaking it, hence is very effective and sure, cannot be tampered with in any way or manner without detection, and can be applied to any door independent of the locking device of the same. If a car is not to be sealed, the spring-bolt ct is pushed up against the inclined side ofthe casing, and is held there by the pin y.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a car-door seal, the combination, with a spring-bolt carrying a knife on its free end, and pivoted to a cardo0r, of a card-carrying casing secured to another door or car frame, and provided with guide-ridges for guiding the bolt into the casing away from the card and permitting it to drop down behind the said card, whereby the card will be cut on the withdrawal ofthe bolt, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the casing A, of the spring-bolt a, pivoted at its lower end in said casing, and the stud y', projecting from the wall of the casing, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby provision is made for retaining the bolt in the casing when not in use, as set forth.

3. In a car-door seal, the combination, with the casi-ng A, containing the pivoted springbolt a, carrying a knife, @,and a cross-pintle, e, of the casing C, provided with two grooves, m a, for guiding the spring-bolt, and with a device for holding a seal-card, substantially as herein shown and described. v

4. In a car-door seal, the combination, with the casing A, containing a pivoted spring-bolt,

a, carrying a knife, c, and a cross-pintle, e, of

the casing C, provided with grooves m and n, separated by ridges o, having beveled ends, which casing G is provided with slots for receiving a seal-card, substantially as herein shown and described.

JESSE JORDAN. A. P. POWERS.

Witnesses:

W. E. NVRYE, J. A.lvIcMANUs. 

